Mats Hummels

“As soon as I heard of Common Goal I knew this was a chance for football to improve our world and I wanted to be part of it.”

“For Zidane to say he's impressed - well, that's the greatest compliment! He was my role model, I just loved to see him play, and I used to try and imitate his moves when I was young. I think he was by far the best footballer of his generation.”

“Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.”

“When the big clubs, and Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world, is interested in you, it's an honour and it's a kind of an acceptance of what you play - so it's a good thing.”

“If a coach wants me to stay, then I think it's good that he doesn't just butter things up, but actually tells the truth.”

“Fundamentally, England, Spain and Germany were the relevant leagues I could see myself playing football in.”

“If you win, you just enjoy it.”

“When I end my career, I don't need to win eight championships, I'd rather have done something special.”

“If someone plays five good games in a row for the Bavarians, there is more talk about them being in the national team than of those who play five good games in a row for Dortmund or Wolfsburg or Bayer Leverkusen.”

“I watch all our games again at home and I know when I have made a mistake and when I haven't.”

“Anything is possible in football.”

“Loyalty is important to me.”

“Training and playing are different things. I've noticed it. If you come in and you realise after six minutes that it is tiring, then that is a clear difference to training.”

“I think we need to start to punish time wasting more rigorously, for example with more additional time or earlier yellow cards.”

“As a general rule I don't have to play in the Champions League to be happy.”

“Insulting players and coaches and spitting on us is simply wrong. You cannot go out and walk around town and just start insulting people or spit at them either.”

“I'm being completely honest. If you sit on the bench and the others win, then you will not really feel like part of the winning team.”

“You don't often find a team where people are really friends with each other.”

“I can't say I am a Liverpool fan. I don't have a club in England. I just want Klopp to win. If he was coach of another team, I would support them.”

“Some days I think I would definitely like to move abroad but then, other days, I think I don't fancy it at all.”